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1981 Jeep CJ5 4.2 driving me NUTS

1981 Jeep CJ5 4.2 driving me NUTS

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1981 Jeep CJ5 4.2, Fool Injected (Carter)
Okay, here is the rundown...
Jeep was firing, running, everything was beautiful. Then, it stopped firing...

In my troubleshooting, I pulled a spark plug and it had evidence of water in the gas on the plug. I pulled the distributor cap and the rotor was busted. Whatever happened to cause it to stop firing also busted the rotor.
***** I replaced: Plugs, Wires, Distributor, Coil, Fuel Filter, Rebuilt the "Fool Injected" Carter BBD, ended up replacing the fuel tank with a new one (completely rusted out inside, so I am sure it wasn't doing my system any favors). Since I was spending money already, I went ahead and replaced control modules...I now have 12k in a jeep that looks great but only in my garage. Almost forgot, I went ahead and replaced the starter and the alternator since my knuckles were already bleeding.
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Now, I have fire coming from the Coil, but none coming from Plug when I test.
I changed out the fuses, even...and I am at a standstill. The last thing I want to do is take it to an automotive electrical specialist and spend whats left of my <-BAD WORD-> getting him to figure it out. Thought before I did that, someone out there had the same problem or could help me figure it out.

Thanks...
 
"I pulled a spark plug and it had evidence of water in the gas on the plug" If you lost spark your plugs would be wet from fuel and I doubt you could detect water.
"Whatever happened to cause it to stop firing also busted the rotor" From were I sit that sounds like the start of it(the broken rotor) but still no spark?
Try jumpering a wire from your dist cap to a engine ground with a 1/8" gap and see if you get a spark, that should give you a direction to go.
 

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